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My Head Hurts #8: Stopping Work
At about 5pm on Thursday, I shut down my laptop on the day’s work for the very last time, or so I imagine. We never really know what the future has in mind. I’m calling it early retirement, although I’m a few years away from getting any form of pension. Read more
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Box Camera Project: Planning
I came across Lucas Birk and Sean Foley’s Afghan Box Camera project a few years ago when a friend, Maurício, took an interest. It resulted in him making two cameras of his own and even featuring in a book about the subject. I’ve always liked the idea of making my… Read more
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My Head Hurts #7: Seven Months and Counting
In the seventh post in the series is a review of the last few months anitdepressant withdrawal syndrome and how I’m feeling now. Read more
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My Head Hurts #6: Staying Positive
In what could be an outtake from a bad episode of Star Trek, I’m talking to my Mac, trying to find the form of words that will persuade it to add punctuation to my latest blog post. I have tried the dictation in the past, but whatever magic Apple has… Read more
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My Head Hurts #5: A Night of Antidepressant Withdrawal
It’s Sunday morning. I can’t see the clock, but I can tell it’s late.I try not to move a muscle. It’s the sort of game you play when you’re six, not sixty. I took some ibuprofen at about 7:30 this morning, and it’s beginning to wear off. Read more
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My Head Hurts #4: The Side Effects
I finally stopped taking the Amitriptyline three months ago, with my final dose of 2 mg. My symptoms haven’t changed significantly since last month; except for the bouts of pain/ache/restlessness, which are far worse. Read more
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My Head Hurts #3: Antidepressant Withdrawal Pain
Have you thought about why some people, often young women, are driven to cut themselves? Taking a blade and deliberately cutting into your own flesh seems so counter to everything we think of as normal, certainly in the Western culture I grew up in. I find it difficult to comprehend. Read more
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My Values Underpinning This Website
I’ve held the values that unpin this site my whole life, but I’ve not always been true to them. But it’s not too late to make a change, and that change starts now. Read more
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Newspaper Movies: An ongoing list
This is my ongoing list of movies about newspaper journalism and photojournalism. It includes dramas and documentary films set in newspaper offices or featuring journalists. This is the list of films I’ve discovered so far and will add more films as I come across them. Read more
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Little Miss Giggles and 70,000 tonnes of Plastic
Not all Happy Meal toys are equal, but if they all weighed as much as Little Miss Giggles, that’s 71,190 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic per year. How many of those end up in the bin before they’re a day old? Read more
Broken Biscuits 